Roosevelt vetoes Patman bonus bill in joint session clash
The President personally delivered his veto message to Speaker Byrne and the House. He argued the measure inflates costs and misuses funds, while noting disabled veterans deserve equal treatment. the House overrode the veto 322 to 98, sending the bill to the Senate where action stalled yet remained undecided.
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Roosevelt
Byrne
House
Senate
White House
Representatives
Garner
Thomas
Pittman
Nevada
Pope
Idaho
Coolidge
Massachusetts
Norbeck
South Dakota
Onus and inflationists plan bills to fund bonus via relief funds
Advocates prepared for action with a bill to draw 2 billion dollars from work relief, after the President approved about 1 billion for immediate projects. Other measures as riders to navy and legislative appropriation bills were drafted, signaling potential tangles in the administration's program.
Ford Motor Company reports 1984 earnings rise and wage hike
Ford Motor Company states a 1984 gain of $3,750,311, reaching $580,276,301. It also announces a wage increase from $5 to $6 daily for all Ford and Lincoln plants, adding about $2,000,000 monthly to payroll. Henry Ford’s wage policy began in 1914 and evolved through higher minima in 1919 1931 and 1934.
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NITS
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Lincoln Planta
Detroit
Henry Ford
Jane Addams Passes Away Legendary Chicago Social Reformer
Jane Addams known as the first citizen of Chicago and a renowned social worker and peace advocate has died. She began her career in 1889 with Hull House on Chicago’s West Side, aiding Italians and other foreigners, and her work grew into America’s best known social settlement.
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Iss Jane Addams
Chicago
West Side
Hull House
America
Ohio Governor Drops Criminal Libel Charge Against Hopkins
Governor Martin L. Davey of Ohio announced the withdrawal of the warrant charging Federal Relief Administrator Harry Hopkins with criminal libel. Hopkins visited Cleveland to speak and was not arrested. The governor said objectives were achieved and ongoing guerrilla warfare would not serve any purpose.
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Martin L. Davey
Ohio
Harry Hopkins
Cleveland
Passamaquoddy tidal power project moves forward
The proposed Passamaquoddy tidal power scheme in Maine, once rejected by Secretary Ickes as uneconomical, is to proceed under President Roosevelt's backing. Maj. Philip B. Fleming will lead construction, with the project cited as a potential job creator for the region.
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Pass Amaquoddy
Ickes
Roosevelt
Campobello
Damaite
Maine
Philip B. Fleming
Army Engineers Corps
Fleming
PWA
Passamaquoddy project funds and national works program
The report notes a Passamaquoddy project seeking 10 million dollars alongside a national work relief commitment near a billion dollars. Verbal presidential approval followed favorable action by the allotment board. Included are river and harbor projects nationwide and a 100 million Wisconsin works plan by Senator La Follette and Governor La Follette, approved by the administration.
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Passaniaquoddy
Wisconsin
la Follette
President issues order on regional pay rates in work relief
The President established pay under a 4.88 billion work relief program dividing the nation into four regions. Wages range from 19 a month for unskilled labor to 104 a month for professionals in the East, about 20 to 30 percent below prevailing rates.
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Hitler outlines 18 point plan to improve world relations
Hitler addressed the reichstag presenting an 18 point program aimed at disarmament and better international ties. He rejected the League of Nations' condemnation of German rearmament but urged return to equal status within a reformed system. He pledged to respect Versailles terms, seek non aggression pacts, and sign an air accord to supplement Locarno.
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Hitler
Reichstag
Europe
League of Nations Council
Germany
League
Great Britain
Lithuania
Reich
Ethiopian crisis looms as League confronts Mussolini moves
E Tmorta warns the League of Nations that she will yield to neither intimidation nor violence. Eden and Laval pressure Italian delegate Aloisi to accept exclusive Ethiopian privileges to save face. Geneva leaders fear Mussolini's African push may be unstoppable as Rome accuses Britain of arming Ethiopia via Somaliland. Haile Selassie buys Turkish bombing planes, some from British firms.
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League of Nations Council
Anthony Eden
Pierre Laval
Baron Aloisi
Ethiopia
League
Europe
Geneva
Mussolini
Rome
Great Britain
British Somaliland
Haile Selassie
Turkey
Fatal seaplane crash mars Pacific fleet maneuvers near Midway
A seaplane plunged into the ocean 40 miles south of Midway Island during Pacific fleet maneuvers, killing six crew members. The victims named are Lieut. Harry Brandenburger, Lieut. Charles J. Kelly, Aviation Chief Machinist's Mate P. J. Litts, Chief Radioman C. M. Derry, First Machinist's Mate P. J. Proteau, and Third Machinist's Mate Q. A. Sharpe.
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Midway Island
Harry Brandenburger
Charles J. Kelly
Aviation
P. J. Litts
C. M. Derry
P. J. Proteau
Q. A. Sharpe
Dennis Chavez sworn in to senate amid walkout protest
WREN Dennis Chavez was brought into the senate to be sworn in as successor to the late Bronson Cutting of New Mexico. Six liberal members walked out in protest of efforts to unseat Cutting. Participants included Senators Hiram Johnson, William Borah, George Norris, Gerald Nye, Robert LaFollette, and Henrik Shipstead, all Republicans or independents with at least one progressive or farmer labor affiliation.
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Wren Dennis Chavez
Senate
Bronson Cutting
New Mexico
Cutting
Hiram Johnson
California
William
Borah
Idaho
George~ Norris
Nebraska
Gerald P. Nye
North Dakota
Robert M. LaFollette
Wisconsin
Progressive
Henrik Shipstead
Minnesota
Farmer-Laborite
Russia's Maxim Gorky Destroyed In Moscow Collision
The Maxim Gorky, the largest land plane, collided with a small training aircraft over a Moscow suburb. It collapsed from 2000 feet, both planes crashed, and all 48 aboard the giant plus the small-plane pilot died.
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Russia
Maxim Gorky
Moscow
Hove and Senate Debate Over AAA Amendments
Leaders rush to pass administration amendments expanding AAA powers amid predicted senate controversy. Jobbers and retailers about 911000 nationwide fear processing taxes and new licensing under the extended regulations.
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Hove
Senate
AAA
Royal Wedding in Stockholm Unites Prince Frederik and Princess Ingrid
A week of public events preceded the ceremony as Prince Frederik of Denmark and Princess Ingrid of Sweden wed in Stockholm. The royal nuptials drew brilliant crowds and prominent guests to the Swedish capital.
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Frederik of
Denmark
Ingrid
Sweden
Stockholm
Sahara Hotels Carried In Parcels For Desert Posts
French forces extend into the Sahara building hotels for officials and visitors. Supplies arrive in 200 pound parcels carried by camels over 45 days to Timimoun. Arab superstition halted blueprints. engineers drafted directly in the sand while mud bricks and palm beams were prepared locally.
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Sahara
Timimoun
Algeria
Desert
Postum Free Week's Health Supply Offer
The Postum Company promises a full week's supply of healthful Postum free to anyone who writes for the advertisement offer mentioned in another section of this newspaper.
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Postum Company
Crowded Philadelphia High Schools Strain Teachers
Philadelphia high schools are crowded under industrial codes causing teachers to shoulder nearly double workload. Classes overflow with too many students and teachers must tailor courses to pupils with varying abilities.
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Philadelphia
Charity's Reward The Deeds We Do Stay With Us Forever
A brief reflection on charity noting that only the wealth given away remains with the giver while the deeds themselves endure in memory. The quote attributes the sentiment to Mid dieton.
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Middieton
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